Publications

September 1995 (Revised March 1997)
Case

Bob Reiss and Valdawn (A): November 1994

Bob Reiss, a seasoned entrepreneur, "accidentally" started Valdawn in 1988 and in six years built the company into a $7 million marketer of "fun and fashion" watches. Valdawn, a "virtual" company, has very few employees or fixed assets and enjoys attractive profit... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Ethics; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Apparel and Accessories Industry

Web

Events - Private Capital Project

(Founder, MD and CEO, Multiples Alternate Asset Management), and Karthik Reddy (Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Blume Venture Advisors), moderated by Professors Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School) and... View Details

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

Well, I have known you for many, many years. We met in college, actually in New Delhi. And then of course we lost touch for many, many years until you showed up in my class, in the Advanced Management... View Details

Career Coach

Anne Marie Checcone

Anne Marie (HBS ‘04, Johns Hopkins ‘98) is an executive coach and career advisor to leaders who strive for the highest professional and personal achievement and who inspire the same in their organizations. With 20+ years of experience in... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consulting

May 1987 (Revised June 1987)
Background Note

Note on Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)

By: David A. Garvin

Describes Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II), a production technique designed to couple business and financial plans with manufacturing plans. It is an important tool for aligning manufacturing with a company's overall strategy and goals. Describes MRPII,... View Details

Keywords: Design; Finance; Surveys; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Production; Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Business Strategy

October 2006 (Revised January 2008)
Case

Allianz AG: Becoming a European Company

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak

Focuses on the decision made by leadership at Allianz AG, the German insurance and financial services company, to complete a cross-border merger with the Italian insurance and financial services company, RAS. Allianz, however, could not complete the cross-border merger... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Organization; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing and Advisory Boards; Laws and Statutes; European Union; Germany; Italy

Find at Harvard

16 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

Within organizations, the issue of trust and trustworthiness—of employees to their bosses, of managers to each other and to shareholders—becomes even more important, and even... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

19 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

that marijuana was a popular treatment in the nineteenth century, and the drug was listed in the Dispensatory of the United States by the 1850s. The paper looks at how the Federal Bureau of Narcotics View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino

18 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates

environment where moral behavior is instilled as proper behavior rather than imposed. How moral orders are built and sustained in organizations is of particular fascination to Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

17 Jun 2011
HBS Case

KFC’s Explosive Growth in China

to take the best ideas from the US fast-food model and adapt them to serve the needs of the Chinese consumer." Initially this involved hiring the right people. For Su this meant Chinese managers who... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage

11 Dec 2017
News

Is college necessary?

30 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Cambridge to Nairobi

combination of product management and business development, helping the company to monetize and think through feature development of a new... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government; Technology

14 May 2013
Blog Post

The Self-Discovery Process

have that high level view that I was not reaching in my job. I realized I would definitely enjoy a general management role, but I believe that I would miss the variety that business school gives me every... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

03 Jan 2023
Book

Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

back up and running, many women are asking: What’s it going to take to effect real change? According to Tina Opie, visiting scholar at Harvard Business School and author of Shared Sisterhood: How to Take... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

shareholders' economic interests and low corporate profitability, Japan introduced the JPX-Nikkei400 in 2014. The index highlighted the country's "best-run" companies by annually selecting the 400 most profitable of its large and liquid... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

March 2024 (Revised May 2024)
Case

Amperity: First-Party Data at a Crossroads

By: Elie Ofek, Hema Yoganarasimhan and Alexis Lefort

In the summer of 2023, Amperity management was facing a critical decision on its future direction. Given the dramatic changes occurring within the digital advertising ecosystem, as concerns over consumer privacy placed limits on the ability to engage in third-party... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Business Strategy; Digital Marketing; Price; Product; Business or Company Management; Advertising Industry

May 2024 (Revised April 2025)
Case

Leading Culture Change at Microsoft Western Europe

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Cat Huang

In 2023, Cindy Rose, President of Microsoft Western Europe, faced a critical decision. Rose grappled with the potential impact of widespread layoffs on psychological safety and the cultural transformation she had championed since her arrival. When Rose had first joined... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Problems and Challenges; Motivation and Incentives; Groups and Teams; Business or Company Management; Technology Industry; Europe